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that's something the president of the united states has to do. just this week in virginia, we saw the legislature reject a judge, a very well qualified judge just because of their sexual orientation. governor mcdonnecdonnell spoke t mitt romney didn't. >> he said this is character assassination. >> the purpose of the president's ad is not to suggest success or failure but that i'm not a good person or good guy. having a campaign based on character assassination is one of the things i find offensive among many others among the pac description in the "new york times." if that's accurate, that's something i repudiate. >> i would have to say the description we're hearing from the employees of gts mitt romney is not a good guy, pretty heartless, what is your response to that being character assassination. >> mitt romney has put forward as his lead qualification to run for the president of the united states his tenure as a corporate buyout specialist and says that represents his economic record. we did what he asked and looked at the economic record. >
that's something the president of the united states has to do. just this week in virginia, we saw the legislature reject a judge, a very well qualified judge just because of their sexual orientation. governor mcdonnecdonnell spoke t mitt romney didn't. >> he said this is character assassination. >> the purpose of the president's ad is not to suggest success or failure but that i'm not a good person or good guy. having a campaign based on character assassination is one of the things...
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they are not controlled by the president of the united states. you've not seen president obama appearing with bill maher. i love the way the right tries to do the on the right hand, on the one hand. mitt romney is putting his brand on the line to stand next to donald trump. donald trump hosts a reality show. there's nothing about him that is serious that a politician should want to stand anywhere. >> president obama appeared with sean penn and lady gaga. >> last time i checked sean penn was doing charity in haiti. >> he's questioned president bush's involvement. >> sorry. michael, that's a completely false equivalency. >> jim, let me get you in here. does this turn off the page independent voters? >> the thing i have a problem with is not only will mitt romney not stand up to donald trump, but he wouldn't stand up to rush limbaugh when he made those disgraceful comments about sandra fluke which was a insult to every woman. >> this is pattern? >> he's got to stand up and lead. i think that includes rejecting this kind of stuff whether it's the bir
they are not controlled by the president of the united states. you've not seen president obama appearing with bill maher. i love the way the right tries to do the on the right hand, on the one hand. mitt romney is putting his brand on the line to stand next to donald trump. donald trump hosts a reality show. there's nothing about him that is serious that a politician should want to stand anywhere. >> president obama appeared with sean penn and lady gaga. >> last time i checked sean...
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. >> i don't know whether barack obama was born in the united states or not. i don't know that. but i do know this -- that in his heart, he's not an american. he's just not an american. >> "in his heart, he's not an american." coffman didn't know he was being recorded. four days later, he released this statement. "i misspoke. i apologize. i have confidence in president obama's citizenship and legitimacy as president of the united states. i don't believe the president shares my belief in american exceptionalism." exceptionalism? don't you have to have the facts to be exceptional? or that's gone too? oh, he misspoke. how do you misspeak when you say, "i do know this -- he's not an american"? it sounds like coffman said exactly what he wanted to say. coffman laid low after releasing this statement. he just kind of wanted the whole thing to go away. but a reporter from denver's kusa television won't let the story die. >> the congressman is usually willing to talk about anything. he's been on 9 news 16 times in the past year, weighing in on everything from wildfires to memorial day c
. >> i don't know whether barack obama was born in the united states or not. i don't know that. but i do know this -- that in his heart, he's not an american. he's just not an american. >> "in his heart, he's not an american." coffman didn't know he was being recorded. four days later, he released this statement. "i misspoke. i apologize. i have confidence in president obama's citizenship and legitimacy as president of the united states. i don't believe the president...
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hoekstra now running for the united states senate seat, there's going to be a primary in michigan, is no stranger to race baiting. he put out this ad in january featuring an asian actress speaking broken english. hoekstra now wants to create a new federal office to examine the birth certificates of presidential candidates. here's hoekstra explaining his vision of a tea party group. >> i'd like to establish a three-person office in washington, d.c., so that in any future election, right? that someone would have to walk into that office and prove that they meet the minimum qualifications to be president of the united states. >> hoekstra is now defending his proposal to grow the size of government and claims it has nothing to do with president obama. >> i'm not talking about barack obama. i'm just saying, you know, this is a -- in the united states of america, this is a debate we should not be having. >> but we are having this debate, because the extremists in the republican party want us to have this debate. republicans say they want to talk about the issues, but the only issue that mat
hoekstra now running for the united states senate seat, there's going to be a primary in michigan, is no stranger to race baiting. he put out this ad in january featuring an asian actress speaking broken english. hoekstra now wants to create a new federal office to examine the birth certificates of presidential candidates. here's hoekstra explaining his vision of a tea party group. >> i'd like to establish a three-person office in washington, d.c., so that in any future election, right?...
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tonight, i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has can conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> usa! usa! usa! usa! >> reporter: the news came out of nowhere. no one in this country was expecting it, just as no one inside the bin laden compound was expecting u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s to arrive by helicopter. one image from that night has come to symbolize the mission. the photograph taken at the height of the raid, by veteran white house photographer pete sousa. >> here it is. >> uh-huh. >> there you are. >> here i am, sitting right there. >> that's an intense look on your face. and everyone is intently watching on that screen. >> this is -- if i'm not mistaken, pete, this picture was taken right as the helicopter was having some problems. but you may not remember. >> i can't say for sure. >> that's what it feels like, because i remember hillary putting her hand over her mouth at that point. >> when you look at it -- >> yeah. >> what does it conjure up inside you? >> well, that's the way i usually look when my husban
tonight, i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has can conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> usa! usa! usa! usa! >> reporter: the news came out of nowhere. no one in this country was expecting it, just as no one inside the bin laden compound was expecting u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s to arrive by helicopter. one image from that night has come to symbolize the mission. the photograph taken at the height of the...
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united states government made a very gutsy call on behalf of the united states workers. the commerce department announced a trade tariff on more than 31% on solar panels from china. since 2001, 2.8 million jobs have been lost to china. the latest move could be the tip of the iceberg in getting china to operate on an even playing field. mitt romney has talked tough. >> i'm going to make sure that china is recognized for the current manipulator and property theft that they are and go after them for those practices. >> lots of talk, but it's been president obama who has worked to stop china from unfair trade practices. the bush administration would have never done this be p the obama administration imposed tariffs on chinese tires in 2009 and saved a lot of jobs. >> if china would let the market work on its own, we'd ve no objections. >> they go against the rules that china agreed follow. >> president obama signed an order to create a trade enforcement aimed at cracking down on china's trade violations. this latest tariff on solar panels, this is basic deal. manufacturing i
united states government made a very gutsy call on behalf of the united states workers. the commerce department announced a trade tariff on more than 31% on solar panels from china. since 2001, 2.8 million jobs have been lost to china. the latest move could be the tip of the iceberg in getting china to operate on an even playing field. mitt romney has talked tough. >> i'm going to make sure that china is recognized for the current manipulator and property theft that they are and go after...
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why are republicans just hell bent on pushing them here in the united states. don't forget to tweet us. we're right back. >>> where does mitt romney stand on marriage equality in america? the mormon church has spent millions of dollars lobbying against marriage equality in the state of california. should it be a charity? that was the question bill maher asked. should mitt romney or anyone get a tax break for giving money to a house of worship. take a look. >> the real issue is when mitt romney gets a deduction for giving to charity, the rest of us taxpayers have to cover the loss. charitable deductions reduce coffers by $60 billion. it is fair to ask what should constitute a charity. i'm not saying the mormon church doesn't do some good things. they provide food during famines and wheelchairs for the lame. that's not their main concern, which is like any business growing the business. real charities only care about the charity. this is the hollywood sunset free clinic which provides health care to poor children. not much to look at. this is the mormon temple in
why are republicans just hell bent on pushing them here in the united states. don't forget to tweet us. we're right back. >>> where does mitt romney stand on marriage equality in america? the mormon church has spent millions of dollars lobbying against marriage equality in the state of california. should it be a charity? that was the question bill maher asked. should mitt romney or anyone get a tax break for giving money to a house of worship. take a look. >> the real issue is...
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this guy wants to be president of the united states. sam, does romney's education record in massachusetts pose a problem for him? >> yes, i think so. in concept, people will agree education department, education funding could be trimmed a lot of fat there and can be streamlined. he did put it in practice in massachusetts and made cuts and incredibly unpopular if not controversial. i think what he's trying to do now is very similar. people ask what does it mean for me and my kid, when they have a problem with it. with respect to class size, back to the budget battles, the president wanted $30 billion more for express purposes of saving 230,000 teacher jobs. if romney were to say, we'd like more teachers in the classroom, i would agree with the concept of smaller class sizes, how do you get that $30 billion passed. >> conservatives love to talk about american exceptionalism and now their candidate is talking about how they do it in other countries. what do you make of that? >> i call it situational conceptionalism. convenient. when not co
this guy wants to be president of the united states. sam, does romney's education record in massachusetts pose a problem for him? >> yes, i think so. in concept, people will agree education department, education funding could be trimmed a lot of fat there and can be streamlined. he did put it in practice in massachusetts and made cuts and incredibly unpopular if not controversial. i think what he's trying to do now is very similar. people ask what does it mean for me and my kid, when they...
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in 2004, president bush kicked off his re-election campaign, calling for an amendment to the united states constitution making it illegal to marry someone of the same gender. >> today i call upon the congress to promptly pass and to send to the states for ratification an amendment to our constitution defining and protecting marriage as the union of a man and woman as husband and wife. >> even barack obama called marriage the union between a man and a woman during the 2008 presidential campaign. he announced support for civil unions. he supported the repeal of the defense of marriage act. he also pushed for the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. but president obama did not openly support marriage equality until today. last sunday on "meet the press," vice president joe biden got the ball rolling. >> i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marry men, women marrying women, and heterosexual, men and women marrying one another, are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil l
in 2004, president bush kicked off his re-election campaign, calling for an amendment to the united states constitution making it illegal to marry someone of the same gender. >> today i call upon the congress to promptly pass and to send to the states for ratification an amendment to our constitution defining and protecting marriage as the union of a man and woman as husband and wife. >> even barack obama called marriage the union between a man and a woman during the 2008...
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i think corey booker, you owe the president of the united states an apology. if you can't do it, maybe you were just on a big news show and felt like you had to say something. maybe that's what it was. i don't know. what you did was damage. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. does mitt romney care more about people or profits? text a for people. text b for profits. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc and leave a comment. joining me is now the senator of new jersey. good to have you with us tonight. >> good to be here. >> this is one of the strangest thing i've seen a democratic mayor going out and ramrodding the president's campaign in such a crucial election. how off the mark was he in your opinion? >> unfortunately, he's way off the mark. i've agreed with him on many thing thing, but this one he's wrong about. it's too bad. the campaign was doing the right thing in depending itself, defending the president's record which is pretty good and highlighting the bain capital record, which is buy a company, lay off the employees, take the
i think corey booker, you owe the president of the united states an apology. if you can't do it, maybe you were just on a big news show and felt like you had to say something. maybe that's what it was. i don't know. what you did was damage. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. does mitt romney care more about people or profits? text a for people. text b for profits. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc and leave a comment. joining me is now the senator of new jersey....
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we have customers all over the united states. we rely on the postal service for everything that we do. the eastern maine processing facility is vital to our operation and our success. if we lose this processing facility we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. we would have to consider layoffs as a result of that. closure of this plant will affect all of us. ♪ olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! put it on my spark card! [ high-pitched ] nice doin' business with you! [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. a farewell long awaited. goodnight, stuffy. goodnight, ou
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why should we try it here in the united states? e.j.dionne will weigh in later. share your thoughts on twitter. we're coming right back. would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. [ male announcer ] ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now, that's a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite. help protect your eye health. >>> obama re-election campaign kicked off in the vital swing states of ohio and virginia over the weekend. president obama told supporters here's the bottom line. 2012 will be just like 2008. the path to victory will be achieved by putting boots on the ground and getting out the vote. >> we are going to win this thing the old fashioned way, door by door, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood. obama knows his re-election is depen dent on his ability to mobilize working class voters
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here is a guy who comes to the united states. why? his wealthy family in brazil is targeted for kidnapping. he comes to the u.s. where he has a safe place. he goes to our most prestigious college, harvard. he gets involved in the business here and makes billions of dollars. when he leaves the country, he doesn't have to pay any tax so long as he doesn't sell the shares. the government has a record if he sells the shares, how much tax he owes. talk about defriending a society and ripping it off. it's amazing. >> i find it interesting that speaker boehner suggested he may support this, although he wasn't sure if it's necessary. he's so outraged by this but he doesn't seem to say too much about companies that put their profits offshore and don't pay taxes. what about that? >> i think it's politically smart for boehner to say he's outraged but i'll be floored if he does anything about it. this guy who is moving to singapore, expatriots like him live tax free because the locals pay 80% on their forced retirement savings. a fact that the ri
here is a guy who comes to the united states. why? his wealthy family in brazil is targeted for kidnapping. he comes to the u.s. where he has a safe place. he goes to our most prestigious college, harvard. he gets involved in the business here and makes billions of dollars. when he leaves the country, he doesn't have to pay any tax so long as he doesn't sell the shares. the government has a record if he sells the shares, how much tax he owes. talk about defriending a society and ripping it off....
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the same thing mitt romney wants to bring in the united states. e.j. dionne of the "washington post" joins me. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! put it on my spark card! [ high-pitched ] nice doin' business with you! [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? or double miles on every purchase, every day! free-credit-score-dot-com'sur boargonna direct you ♪ts ♪ ♪ to check your credit score before it gets too late ♪ ♪ and you end up strapped for cash ♪ ♪ patching your board with duct tape ♪ ♪ so hit free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ find out what credit's about ♪ ♪ or else you could be headed for a credit wipeout ♪ offer applies with enrollment
the same thing mitt romney wants to bring in the united states. e.j. dionne of the "washington post" joins me. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! put it on my spark card! [ high-pitched ] nice doin' business with you! [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male...
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this is the only third recall in the history of united states. what are you hearing? they will support tom barrett. will this come quickly and there won't be any broken noses over all of this, so to speak? >> i am speaking to you from the hotel where tom barrett's victory rally will be. as i walked out to talk to you, i passed one of the top players in the service employees union, which was an incredibly strong backer of kathleen falk. he was walking into tom barrett's rally. he had a smile on his face. the problem is that the unions are going to be, i think they will be mostly on board tomorrow, probably by tomorrow morning. >> north carolina for just a moment, if an inmate. voters approved an amendment to ban gay marriage in the state of north carolina. what does that mean, if te onor carolina? >> it means nothing. these are hot button issues. the democrats of north carolina actually won a victory by having this scheduled with the primary rather than in november. this is an issue that right wingers used to try to mobilize their base. in wisconsin, to use an example,
this is the only third recall in the history of united states. what are you hearing? they will support tom barrett. will this come quickly and there won't be any broken noses over all of this, so to speak? >> i am speaking to you from the hotel where tom barrett's victory rally will be. as i walked out to talk to you, i passed one of the top players in the service employees union, which was an incredibly strong backer of kathleen falk. he was walking into tom barrett's rally. he had a...
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and being in iraq and hearing the president of the united states stand up, when it's not politically convenient for him and it took a lot of risk, meant a lot to me and it made me proud to be an american and proud to be a soldier. >> clay, how do you think he handled that question? >> you know, again, sort of half-assedly. in order to be the president, i would hope you could take a stand and speak out against things you don't think are fair. that was not an example of someone doing that right there, obviously. and if someone wants to be in charge of the country, they've got to be able to say things that might upset people every once in a while, and that would be not him doing that there. >> clay aiken and stephen hill, great to have you on "the ed show" tonight. thanks for your insight. appreciate it. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter @edshow. we want to know what you think. charles blow and mike rogers will join me next. and we're 26 days away from the historic recall elections in wisconsin. governor scott walker
and being in iraq and hearing the president of the united states stand up, when it's not politically convenient for him and it took a lot of risk, meant a lot to me and it made me proud to be an american and proud to be a soldier. >> clay, how do you think he handled that question? >> you know, again, sort of half-assedly. in order to be the president, i would hope you could take a stand and speak out against things you don't think are fair. that was not an example of someone doing...
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republicans in the united states senate filibustered on student loaned today. how is that youth vote coming along republican party? interest rates on student loans are set to double this summer unless congress takes action. republicans were set to let that happen last
republicans in the united states senate filibustered on student loaned today. how is that youth vote coming along republican party? interest rates on student loans are set to double this summer unless congress takes action. republicans were set to let that happen last
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the dream act is for children brought to the united states illegally by their parents a pathway to citizenship if they go to college and serve in the military. the legislation died in the senate two years ago and surprise, republicans are still unwilling to cooperate. president obama wants congress to act now. >> he's ready and willing to sign a dream act, immigration reform act if we can have cooperation on the other side of the aisle. i don't hear any members coming forward except senator rubio. >> it doesn't offer path to citizenship. it offers nonimmigrant visas. even though he's yet to put his idea on paper, he's accusing the white house of trying to sabotage him. >> one of the things that's already been documented is the white house and articles have been written, the white house has been calling in dream act advocates and asking them, almost ordering them not to work with me on this issue because they have been counting on using this issue as a wedge issue in october to drive up turn out. >> he offered no specifics to back up his allegations. he's trying to raise his national profile. h
the dream act is for children brought to the united states illegally by their parents a pathway to citizenship if they go to college and serve in the military. the legislation died in the senate two years ago and surprise, republicans are still unwilling to cooperate. president obama wants congress to act now. >> he's ready and willing to sign a dream act, immigration reform act if we can have cooperation on the other side of the aisle. i don't hear any members coming forward except...
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